Apparatus for extracting and sequestering carbon dioxide

a carbon dioxide and apparatus technology, applied in the field of extracting carbon dioxide, can solve the problems of increasing temperature or pressure, and little immediate impact on the rapidly increasing, and achieve the effect of low cost and abundant and inexpensiv

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-02-02
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NAT SECURITY LLC
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[0015]A further object is a method and apparatus which accomplishes said CO2 extraction and sequestration without the requirement of elevated temperatures, pressures, and without significant expenditures of energy or other resources.
[0017]A further object is a method and apparatus in which the reactants are relatively abundant and inexpensive, and the end products and process waste streams are environmentally benign.
[0018]A further object is a method and apparatus whose relative simplicity and low cost allow it to be widely employed, therefore impacting CO2 emissions potentially at the global scale.
[0024]The apparatus may be used in any application where the extraction and sequestration of at least part of the CO2 contained in a gas stream or volume is desired. Such applications include but are not limited to CO2 extraction from waste gas associated with: i) the combustion or processing of coal, petroleum, natural gas, or other fossil fuel, or organic compounds derived from the preceding, ii) the combustion, processing, or metabolism of biomass such as wood, peat, plant products, or organic compounds derived thereof, iii) the decarbonation of limestone in the production of lime, cement, and gypsum. The process may also be used to reduce the CO2 burden in less concentrated sources such as bulk air.

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Over the very long term such process are expected to eventually consume most of the CO2 emitted by man's activities.
The problem is that such natural processes occur on the order of >1,000 year time scales and thus will have little immediate impact on the rapidly increasing CO2 emissions and atmospheric CO2 burden in the coming centuries.
The preceding approaches often require elevated temperatures or pressures, significant energy, land, or other resource inputs, and / or have negative environmental impacts.
The cost of implementing these technologies is therefore often prohibitive.
While such processes remove or separate CO2 from a waste stream, they offer no downstream method of ultimately sequestering the CO2 from the atmosphere.
This process does not provide a system for net CO2 sequestration, however, considering that the molar ratio of carbon to alkali metals or to alkaline earth metals in the end products is many times lower than that ratio in the original biomass burned to form the alkaline ash.

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[0034]alkali metals—elements found in column IA of the periodic table of elements[0035]alkaline earth metals—elements found in column IIA of the periodic table of elements[0036]carbon dioxide—CO2 [0037]carbonate—metal carbonate[0038]carbonate compensation depth (CCD)—the depth in the ocean at which the rate of carbonate dissolution equals the rate of carbonate precipitation[0039]carbonate group—CO3 [0040]carbonate ion—CO32−[0041]carbonate solution—carbonate particles in suspension or slurry, and / or dissolved in solution[0042]CO2-depleted gas stream—a gas stream where some or all of its initial CO2 has been removed[0043]dissolved carbonate—metal ions and carbonate ions in solution[0044]metal carbonate—chemical compound of the form X(CO3)m where X is any element or combination of elements that can chemically bond with a carbonate group or its multiple, wherein at least one element is a group IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, or VIIIB element of the peri...

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Abstract

An apparatus and method associated therewith to extract and sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) from a stream or volume of gas wherein said apparatus hydrates CO2 and reacts the resulting carbonic acid with carbonate. Suitable carbonates include, but are not limited to, carbonates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, preferably carbonates of calcium and magnesium. Waste products are metal cations and bicarbonate in solution or dehydrated metal salts, which when disposed of in a large body of water provide an effective way of sequestering CO2 from a gaseous environment.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. Non-provisional application Ser. No. 09 / 759,781, filed Jan. 11, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 314,220, filed May 19, 1999, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 096,846, filed Aug. 18, 1998.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-7405-ENG-48 between the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California.REFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING”, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON A COMPUTER DISC (SEE 37 CFR 1.52(E)(5))[0003]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]1. Field of the Invention[0005]The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method associated therewith for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from a stream or volume of gas, and sequestering said CO2 from the atmosphe...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B01J8/00B01D53/40B01D53/62
CPCB01D53/62B01D2251/402B01D2251/404Y02C10/04Y02C20/40
Inventor RAU, GREGORY H.CALDEIRA, KENNETH G.
Owner LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NAT SECURITY LLC
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